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MoMA PS1’s Newest Restaurant Will Be Symone by DeVonn Francis

MoMA PS1’s Newest Restaurant Will Be Symone by DeVonn Francis

Published by Jenni Sidey

The restaurant space at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, will soon have a new tenant: Symone, by chef DeVonn Francis, will open in early October. The space’s menu will also be previewed during Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair, running September 24–27. With daytime dining offered during the museum’s operating hours, Symone will be Francis’s first restaurant, serving French African–inspired cuisine that uses seasonal ingredients and draws on Francis’s Jamaican and Caribbean roots. In 2017, Francis founded Yardy World, which specializes in immersive dining experiences via a Caribbean cuisine. Source link

The Pickle Is In, the Squint Is Out: Here Are the Newest Approved Emoji

The Pickle Is In, the Squint Is Out: Here Are the Newest Approved Emoji

Published by Miika Tikkanen

It’s official: We’re getting a pickle emoji next year. On Tuesday, July 14, the Unicode Consortium announced the nine new emoji you’ll see on your device in 2027. One new emoji is the pickle, and that means the eggplant’s reign as the go-to emoji for male anatomy could be coming to an end. Here are the nine new emoji you will see on your device next year.  A cracking face A leftward thumb sign gesture A rightward thumb sign gesture A monarch butterfly A pickle A lighthouse A meteor An eraser A net with a handle The Unicode Consortium originally proposed a squinty face emoji in 2025. However, the Unicode Emoji Standard & Research Working Group recommended changing that emoji to a cracking face in January. Honestly, the cracking face emoji feels more relevant to today than the squinty face emoji. The squinty face read as suspicious while the cracking face emoji screams, “I’m putting on a brave face in these trying times.” If that’s not the most relatable sentiment these days, I don’t know …

The Newest Way to Go Analog

The Newest Way to Go Analog

Published by Daniella Wilson

When the iPod Nano was first released, in 2005, it cost $199 and was sold on the promise of limitlessness. This year, Celeste Stange bought her magenta 8-gigabyte model on eBay for $69 and the exact opposite reason. Every time she’d pick a song on Spotify to stream, she’d think about the millions of other songs she could listen to instead and get paralyzed by musical FOMO, she told me. “Now I only have what’s on here.” Stange, who is 29, is part of a recent “analog” movement in which people—usually those in Gen Z—opt for less distracting alternatives to their “everything” device. Those alternatives are not always, in fact, analog, but are in many cases older digital devices: an iPod, a digital Canon PowerShot, a DVD player. Tiffany Ng, the 25-year-old author of the newsletter Cyber Celibate, now has a first-generation iPhone, an 11-year-old iPod, two CD players, a Walkman radio, and a 1986 Macintosh Plus that takes 45 seconds to load the “Welcome to Macintosh” screen. Ng lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where 20 …

Texas Instruments’ newest calculator is intentionally dumb

Texas Instruments’ newest calculator is intentionally dumb

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In a world drowning in notifications and devices that want to be everything all at once, calculator giant Texas Instruments (TI) is going back to basics. This week, the company unveiled the TI-84 Evo, its most powerful graphing calculator ever. It explicitly can’t access social media apps or even connect to Wi-Fi. Instead, TI says its $160 “distraction free” device is designed to do only one thing exceptionally well: math.  That’s likely welcome news to educators around the country battling a growing attention crisis in classrooms some attribute to constantly nagging smart electronic devices.  “As schools nationwide ban cell phones, parents sue social platforms for addictive content, and researchers warn against student over-reliance on technology, educators are re-evaluating classroom technology use,” Texas Instruments writes.   But that limited ambition doesn’t mean the device itself is a slouch. TI claims a new processor makes it three times faster than its previous model. The graphing display area is also 50 percent …

Get the newest Office apps for 44% off and with no monthly fees

Get the newest Office apps for 44% off and with no monthly fees

Published by Miika Tikkanen

TL;DR: Microsoft Office 2024 Home & Business is 44% off, giving you the latest Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook with modern productivity features and a one-time purchase. $139.97 $249.99 Save $110.02   Some software subscriptions make sense. But productivity software? That’s one area where a lifetime license still feels refreshingly practical. Microsoft Office 2024 Home & Business is currently available for $139.97 (reg. $249.99), giving you the newest version of Microsoft’s productivity suite without committing to a monthly subscription. Mashable Deals By signing up, you agree to receive recurring automated SMS marketing messages from Mashable Deals at the number provided. Msg and data rates may apply. Up to 2 messages/day. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help. Consent is not a condition of purchase. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. And this version isn’t just a minor update. Office 2024 brings a number of thoughtful improvements designed for modern workflows — whether you’re managing projects, building presentations, or trying to keep your inbox under control. At the core, you still get the …

Dreamed of being a minion, Shrek or SpongeBob? Universal’s newest theme park is now hiring

Dreamed of being a minion, Shrek or SpongeBob? Universal’s newest theme park is now hiring

Published by Daniella Wilson

Universal Kids Resort is on the hunt for its next star — or starfish — as the new family-focused theme park in Frisco, Texas, ramps up hiring ahead of its 2026 opening. The resort is holding virtual auditions to recruit actors, costumed character performers, and movers or physical performers who will bring to life characters from popular Universal franchises, including “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Shrek” and “Despicable Me.” Applicants must be at least 18 and submit an online interest form, with callbacks scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 9 and March 11. When it opens sometime this year, Universal Kids Resort will feature seven themed lands inspired by Universal’s most iconic films and TV shows. These include DreamWorks’ Shrek’s Swamp and Puss in Boots Del Mar, Illumination’s Minions vs. Minions: Bello Bay Club, Jurassic World Adventure Camp, DreamWorks’ TrollsFest, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants Bikini Bottom and an original area called Isle of Curiosity. Families visiting the park may run into characters including Shrek and Princess Fiona, Puss in Boots, Minions like Kevin, Stuart and Bob, …

Pebble’s newest e-paper smartwatch is for enthusiasts who want the analog feel

Pebble’s newest e-paper smartwatch is for enthusiasts who want the analog feel

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Pebble unveiled the Pebble Round 2 on Friday. It’s a thin, open-source smartwatch with a 10-day battery life. It improves on the Pebble Time Round, which launched in 2015. Ten years after Pebble’s launch of its first-generation round smartwatch, the Pebble Time Round, the indie watch brand arrives with the Pebble Round 2 — and improvements in almost every area. Pebble announced the Round 2 on Friday, with a longer battery life and a larger display. Also: CES 2026 news: Live updates on TVs, smart glasses, phones, and more we’ve seen so far The watch has maintained its thinness while addressing common user complaints, like the thick bezel that wraps around the display and the short battery life of the Pebble Time Round. This isn’t the kind of watch you’d use for marathon training. It’s a sleek, elegant, and functional device that can track some health details, primarily sleep and steps, but forgoes the breadth of a fitness watch for timekeeping, communication, and AI …